AcyMailing Changelog

Improvements

• Improve the display of the creation date in the template listing that could be misinterpreted with the name
• Add the possibility to sort the subscribers by their user account ID.

Bug fixes

• We fixed an error message happening for users with old versions of some add-ons like the ones for Community Builder and Event Booking.
• Fixed the module creation, all fields were not correctly displayed
• Fixed issue when displaying prices with discounts in WooCommerce dynamic content when sending campaigns.

Bug fixes

• The Sendgrid integration now handles the new result sent by Sendgrid when an email is sent.
• Fixed a PHP error that could happen when running the bounce handling manually
• A warning has been fixed on the queue listing when only follow-up campaigns were queued.
• The option to send website emails using AcyMailing now correctly handles plain text emails.

Features

• A new option has been added on the website editor to let you insert dynamic texts such as user name or unsubscribe links.
• A new option lets you send all the website emails with AcyMailing
• A new option lets you auto login recipients when they click on a link in your email.

Improvements

• You can now set BCC on Automation emails
• The unsubscribe page has been renewed with a new design and new customisable settings.
• Improved import subscribers report information
• [add-ons] A new option in the RSEventsPro add-on lets you choose the menu to use when links are built.
• The email archive now has a default message when no content needs to be shown.

Bug fixes

• A new thumbnail was generated each time a template was saved, this has been fixed.
• Removed the input hidden added by TinyMCE on the campaign editor content, which could cause issues with the editor content when saving the email for some host provider.
• Fixed responsiveness of the text editor toolbar not displaying all buttons on some window sizes
• Fixed an XSS vulnerability on the queue listing that could impact connected administrator clicking on a external malicious link
• Fixed an issue on the template creation that could create 2 templates
• Fixed JCE custom CSS not being applied in the editor content

Bug fixes

• Fixed bounce handling not processing messages

Improvements

• [add-ons] The Event Booking waiting list is now handled when filtering registrants in the automations.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue on the test connection of an IMAP connection, not impacting the actual process of bounce handling and mailbox action
• Fixed the US date format in the detailed statistics page
• Removed the input hidden added by TinyMCE on the editor content, which could cause issues with the editor content when saving the email for some host provider.

Improvements

• [add-ons] The Event Booking waiting list is now handled when filtering registrants in the automations.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue on the test connection of an IMAP connection, not impacting the actual process of bounce handling and mailbox action
• Fixed the US date format in the detailed statistics page
• Removed the input hidden added by TinyMCE on the editor content, which could cause issues with the editor content when saving the email for some host provider.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue on the subscriber import feature that could create duplicated subscribers.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that could occur on some server configurations during installation or update.

Improvements

• The AcyMailing database structure has been improved for a better compatibility with the CMS and to handle most characters.
• We improved performances during updates and during the verification of AcyMailing tables from the configuration.
• Our cron service for automated tasks now handles the cron security key option.
• You can now insert HTML in the intro and post text in the AcyMailing User Profile menu
• The widget subscription form creation now handles themes that have a dedicated edition page.

Bug fixes

• The line returns are now kept in textarea custom field values.
• Fixed some error messages that could happen when creating a campaign using the REAST API.
• Removed the id added by TinyMCE on the editor content, which could cause issues with the editor content when saving the email for some host provider.
• Fixed the OAuth2 authentication for the IMAP connection
• [add-ons] We fixed a possible error message on the Community Builder integration plugin.
• Fixed the front subscriber import process not displaying field assignment
• Fixed PHP error on Joomla 5 when calling for JURI class
• [add-ons] An AcyMailing user isn't automatically created anymore on every Gravity Forms form, but only when AcyMailing lists are added to it.

Improvements

• When the bounce rules are updated, an information message is now shown on the dedicated listing.
• The information on whether the recipient has unsubscribed has been added on the detailed statistics page.
• [add-ons] You can now insert JTicketing events by tag in your emails.

Bug fixes

• We fixed an issue with the Make.com integration that could prevent the use of the user creation action.
• Fixed the mailbox action
• Fixed an issue with the splashscreen of the bounce feature that could not be removed
• Fixed the issue with the unsubscribe from all lists link that redirected to an error page
• Fixed an issue with WooCommerce HPOS integration

Improvements

• Added buttons in editor to choose between right-to-left and left-to-right text

Bug fixes

• Added tenant field for the IMAP connection with Outlook
• Fixed classic authentication for the IMAP connection

Features

• Added Oauth support for bounce handling
• [add-ons] A new integration with Phoca Download has been added.
• [add-ons] New integrations for jTicketing and Shika provided by their developers have been listed in the downloadable add-ons.

Improvements

• The Giphy service pricing changed, this integration has been replaced by the Tenor integration in the editor, allowing you to continue inserting GIFs in your emails.
• The Website dynamic text type in the editor has been improved, allowing you to insert more dynamic content from your website in your emails.
• Add a new tooltip on the resume/pause button in the queue.
• Design improvement.
• Inserted articles that do not have the intro image set will now be inserted with their full image in the email.
• [add-ons] A new option has been added in the JEvents add-on to let you specify the menu item ID to use when building event links.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the footer image for free versions that could be shown incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue for the TinyMCE editor when importing a template with custom CSS that has irregular line return characters.
• Fixed an issue for few hosting providers not able to contact our license API
• Fixed a PHP warning that could occur in some cases.
• Fixed error preventing to display the listing of mailbox actions
• Fixed an issue when connecting from Make.com to AcyMailing
• Fixed the issue of the unsubscription of a user from lists that are not displayed in the unsubscribe page
• The templates import has been fixed for Windows users. The file type verification didn't handle non-standard mime types.
• Fixed the issue of the Check Database Integrity button that was cycling with the same messages of resolved problems for default column values.
• Fixed a display issue when the plugin WPC Product Bundles for WooCommerce is active.
• Fixed a warning error on our external plugins for the uninstall script definition.

Improvements

• Added a new route on the REST-API to get statistics for every email from a follow-up

Bug fixes

• Fixed the campaigns creation and templates selection step.
• For the ElasticEmail integration, we added a verification on the access rights for attachments and fixed the attachments names when they contain characters not handled by ElasticEmail
• There was an issue when trying to save K2 items, it has been fixed now.

Features

• You can now override the email sent via the single contact email form in front-end
• It is now possible to import Joomla contacts as AcyMailing subscribers.
• [add-ons] A new integration with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin has been added.
• You can now synchronise your Joomla! contact creation with the creation of AcyMailing user.

Improvements

• The ElasticEmail integration has been updated to use the version 4 of their API. It should improve the sending speed when attachments are on the sent emails.
• We improved the security checks on file uploads: new rules and verifications when uploading a new template and removed unused code on the add-ons menu.
• When importing new subscribers, columns are now ignored by default if they are not mapped to a custom field or a default field.
• The list edition page is now divided in 3 parts to gain performance on the page loading time
• The step by step guide on first installation has been greatly simplified.
• Improve campaign selection page visual and usability
• You can now add a specific bounce email address on every email campaign
• You can now specify more mail parameters when creating a follow-up via the REST API
• We adapted the AcyMailing code to better match the Joomla package guidelines. This should make smoother installations and updates and a better handling of plugin dependencies.

Bug fixes

• [Editor] The text blocks can now be edited and dynamic content have the correct styling when applying the auto-save version of an email.
• Remove some notices when using the mass actions for the first time
• The v5 data migration could break in some cases depending on the lists access rights, it has been fixed now.
• The click map is now compatible with links tracked using Google Analytics in the statistics of an email.
• Fixed an issue that could occur when submitting a form with hCaptcha
• Fixed an error when multiple subscription forms type popup are displayed on the same page
• On WordPress multisite, we fixed the issue when a super admin created a new site, he could not access AcyMailing on it
• Fixed compatibility issue with Divi Supreme Pro plugin breaking select fields

Bug fixes

• Fixed a PHP error when editing a subscription form module
• Fixed a PHP error when editing a subscription form widget

Improvements

• The default bounce message rules have been updated to handle more languages and add useful information to forwarded emails.
• We improved the way updates are made with AcyMailing to avoid issues when using the Joomla auto-update page

Bug fixes

• Fixed the regex verification for the custom field
• We fixed an issue when saving AcyMailing users when custom fields with multiple options exist
• We fixed an error message that could prevent credentials verification for the Mailgun sending method.

Features

• You can now add and configure an unsubscribe survey with predefined answers on the unsubscribe page. The unsubscribe reasons will be available in the user's history and in the list edit page.
• You can now use the follow-up feature via the REST API

Improvements

• The size of emails built with our editor has been reduced by 25% on average, which should improve the sending speed of your emails.
• When importing subscribers, the default language will be automatically assigned if multilingual is enabled and no language field specified in import
• The lists listing columns have been changed to improve the readability on small screens.
• Improved campaign loading time, even for large campaign volumes.
• When resizing images of content inserted in the editor like articles, we now handle images with an incorrect extension in their name.
• Added an index on the column cms_id of the table user to improve the performance of filters on it.
• You can now set the language of the subscriber when creating or updating via the REST API.
• Added the possibility to directly insert a file link with the media manager when inserting a button in the editor
• [add-ons] It is now possible to search products by product code in the HikaShop filters in the automations and follow-up campaigns.
• We added the "Shipped" status for the VirtueMart filter: Purchased a product
• [add-ons] We added the possibility to specify the menu item related to iCagenda events for a better integration in the emails.
• [add-ons] The lists shown in Gravity Forms now show the list's display name when available.
• [add-ons] Improved performance on integration plugins loading.

Bug fixes

• We fixed the welcome and unsubscribe messages deletion on the list edition page.
• Fixed the slide effect in the editor for some dynamic content options
• Fixed a potential server error when saving an add-on's settings
• The email field in the popup subscription form is now aligned in the center
• Fixed a PHP deprecated warning that could appear when inserting a dynamic content in the editor
• Fixed the save zone selection in the drag and drop editor, when you have several lines of zones, it could drag the saved zone from the line below
• Fixed the display of override emails containing a “%” in the subject line, which caused a display error on the listing.
• Fixed scrolling issue on some mobile devices on the available add-ons listing page.
• Now, when unsubscribing from a follow-up, re-triggering it will not subscribe the user to the follow-up again
• Fixed the error that occurred when typing an emoji in a custom field displayed in a subscription form.
• Fixed mail history in user profile (horizontal scrolling and translation)
• Two routes of the REST API were not allowed. It is now fixed
• Fixed an error when a subscriber with no subscription is unsubscribing.
• Fixed compatibility with some templates for the popup subscription form display after some time.
• In some cases, the HTML structure of inserted articles could be broken if the article contained a separator and had a surrounding div element.
• [add-ons] The Contact Form 7 forms with the AcyMailing integration don't subscribe the user anymore when a field is invalid.

Features

• You can now set a high priority for follow-up emails, to make sure they are sent first when a big campaign is currently being sent.

Improvements

• [add-ons] With EventBooking when you edit the custom view, the dates displayed are in the same format and you can now choose to display more dates.

Bug fixes

• The emails sent from an automation do not require an unsubscribe link anymore with our sending service.
• The way the fail statistics are collected has been improved to avoid counting the same email twice in some cases.
• The CNAME verification for the sending service now recognizes the new entries format.
• The starting date of an automated campaign can now correctly be modified when using a language other than English.
• [add-ons] Fixed an error that prevented the insertion of Event Booking events in emails
• [add-on] Fixed Hikashop coupon display on email when the coupon code starts with a number.
• [add-ons] The HikaShop filter for cart reminder has been changed to only allow a number of days, as it was originally intended.
• We fixed an issue on Joomla 5 when trying to load translations, when using the AcyMailing code API.
• [add-ons] Sorting events by date when inserting them by category in a newsletter now works correctly with The Events Calendar.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an error when updating to AcyMailing 9.5.0

Features

• The new integration with make.com is now available publicly. Easily automate your tasks and create your own workflows with hundreds of apps!
• You can now add a subscription optin checkbox in the new Gutenberg checkout block form of WooCommerce.

Improvements

• The campaigns created from a mailbox action that forwards emails to a list are now separated from the classic campaigns.
• The MailGun integration via API now uses the Reply-To email address specified in the AcyMailing configuration.
• The user fields inserted in emails are now formatted. For example date fields show the month name, phone fields show the country code, etc...
• The bounce details have been improved when you export the statistics full data.
• When inserting Joomla articles with custom fields, the media fields are shown correctly and the subform fields are now handled.
• Guest purchases are now supported by the action target Purchased a Product for WooCommerce automation.

Bug fixes

• We fixed a compatibility issue that could occur for websites based on Joomla 3.
• The Joomla modal is no longer affected by the AcyMailing styles.
• We optimized the way the plugin is loaded by reducing the number of queries and the size of the data loaded.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a compatibility issue with Joomla 3 websites.
• The insertion of Joomla modules in the editor was not working properly on Joomla 4 and Joomla 5.

Features

• The new integration with Zapier is now available publicly.
• It is now possible from the subscriber listing to subscribe and unsubscribe users from lists by clicking on the list icon
• [add-on] A new integration with Membership Pro lets you filter AcyMailing users by plans they subscribed to.

Improvements

• The AcyMailing sending service options have been improved for mobile view, and tips have been added to guide you in validating your domains.
• A new option lets you choose if a play button should be added on the video thumbnails when inserting videos in the emails
• On the campaigns listing, the corresponding mail ID has been added to make it easier to use the new REST API.
• When inserting an unsubscribe link in an email, and having the option to add a List-Unsubscribe header, the direct unsubscribe link is added in addition to the email sent to an admin.
• We added a security to ensure that all emails and domains from the AcyMailing Sending Service are in lower case in the configuration
• When an A/B test campaign is based on the click rate, it is now calculated on the number of users that opened the email rather than the number of recipients.
• AcyMailing can now be used on Joomla 5 websites without requiring the compatibility plugin to be active.
• [add-on] The links to categories, locations and registration page now use the specified Joomla menu ID if any, for the Events Booking integration.
• [add-ons] It is now possible to select product variations in the follow-up based on WooCommerce purchases.
• [add-ons] It is now possible to select product variations in the WooCommerce purchase filter, and filter on multiple products.
• In WooCommerce abandoned cart send settings, you can now choose to send the email based on hours since the order has been placed.

Bug fixes

• The accents are now correctly displayed in select fields when building a subscription form.
• The connection verification for the bounce address credentials now correctly shows a success message when the self signed certificate option is disabled.
• Fixed direct unsubscribe link not working for secondary languages in multilingual campaigns
• For the send process, the multiple batch system now works correctly when the security key is active.
• Fixed Mailgun embed attachment only embeding the first one
• Fixed Mailgun BCC option only sending to the first recipient in the BCC list
• Fixed compatibility with captcha SecurImage for subscription form on submit
• Fixed the bug with Virtuemart integration that was not subscribing guest users to list when they checked the lists checkbox on the one page checkout
• [Hikashop] Fixed Hikashop filter on variant category
• [add-on] The Memberpress integration plugin has been updated to take into account the new way to store custom fields.
• Some users on starter version were not able to fast update their AcyMailing version, it has been fixed.

Improvements

• [add-on] The links to categories, locations and registration page now use the specified Joomla menu ID if any, for the Events Booking integration.

Bug fixes

• We fixed an SQL warning that was shown during an update.
• Fixed detailed queue delete button not working
• Fixed database check integrity when checking default values
• The bounce email address field has been fixed for AcyMailing Starter and Essential users.
• The final version of an A/B testing campaign wasn't sent to the correct recipients, it has now been fixed.
• [add-on] Fixed EventBooking insertion when creating event from the front-end

Improvements

• Improvement of the bounce handling configuration and listing interfaces.
• The List-Unsubscribe-Post=One-Click has been added to the headers of the emails linked at least to one list to follow GMail guidance and to reduce the effect of anti spam filter on your emails
• An "Unsubscribe from all lists" link can be inserted in the email editor, allowing receivers to unsubscribe with one click from all the campaign lists they are subscribed to
• Improve remaining credits message when no credits were used with the AcyMailing sending service
• You can now export the unsubscribe date when exporting subscribers
• The wording of the "Choose an action" drop-down menu in the Subscribers tab has been improved, making it consistent with the Status. So "enable" has become "activate", while "disable" has become "deactivate"

Bug fixes

• The multiple select fields now correctly show the saved value for filters in the segments
• Fixed send test button in template edition not taking Save Thumbnail configuration into account
• Security added on universal filter SQL request when adding ; character at the end of the request
• Fixed multilingual campaigns when resending to new users only
• Fixed the emails displayed when choosing existing emails in the "add an email into the queue" automation action
• Changed API error message when trying to subscribe or unsubscribe non-existing users
• Fix resend confirmation email action which sent twice the email if tracking enabled
• Fixed CLI extension installation for Joomla 4
• Fixed front listing action when SEF is deactivated

Features

• It is now possible to choose a default template for new campaigns
• A new REST API capability has been added to AcyMailing and can be activated in the security tab of the configuration

Improvements

• Added the possibility to change the user account groups with automations
• The button to verify the AcyMailing tables structure in the configuration now adds the default values if they are missing on some columns
• Improved the way the phone custom field is handled when migrating data from AcyMailing 5
• The way the click statistics are stored have been improved to increase load speed and reduce needed resources
• Added a telegram Icon in the social media block
• The queue listing has been optimised to handle a large number of scheduled campaigns and use less resources
• The label is now displayed when inserting Joomla article custom field
• A new option has been added to let you show the campaigns sent to allowed lists in the front-end management menu
• With the EventBooking addon you can now use the category of the event as a filter in the automation
• [add-ons] The WooCommerce last purchased products insertion is now available for guest customers

Bug fixes

• The average click rate in a user profile is now correctly calculated based on click rate and not open rate
• When modifying a saved start date in an existing automatic campaign, the date picker was not loading it
• Attachments with an apostrophe in their name are now correctly handled
• Excluded segments that contain an "OR" condition are now correctly handled when sending a campaign
• Fixed vertical padding for mobile view in the editor
• Fixed issue with date custom field insertion
• Fixed the Open Graph metadata link in the header of the archive email
• Fixed the access level check for allowed templates use on the front-end management menu when creating a campaign
• Fixed the campaigns edition from the front-end management menu when the SEF is active
• Fixed the default selected list when creating a welcome or unsub email from the front-end management menu of a list
• Fixed a timezone issue when inserting Joomla articles with a date custom field when the timezone is different on the server and the Joomla configuration
• The click tracking has been fixed for auto-login links to inserted articles in some specific cases
• Fixed front end listing actions when SEF is activated
• Fixed PHP deprecated warning on PHP 8.1
• Fixed Gravity Forms submission not triggering on the right action
• Fixed Gravity Forms XSS security when inserting AcyMailing lists

Improvements

• Display element's name that will be affected by an action in a listing
• Possibility to change the display of the background image when you create a template and you can now add background on each column
• You can now use a different URL for the site and administration
• Webp images of content inserted in emails can now be automatically resized if the server supports it
• New options to load the subscription module scripts have been added
• The language code used for links of inserted articles (articles with a restricted access) now takes the custom value set by the admin
• Added compatibility with Joomla 4+ for the VirtueMart trigger on order placed

Bug fixes

• Fixed the HTML tests for Outlook hiding the webp images for good mail clients
• Fixed the queue process not showing the progress of scheduled emails
• The email sendings don't count as failed for the recipients anymore when it is related to the sending service account (account suspended, no more credit...).
• Add security on statistics calculation in subscriber edition
• Fixed stats line chart not showing november when filter by month is active
• The links to articles when the auto-login is enabled are now correctly tracked when click tracking is enabled
• The v5 data migration has been improved to keep the front-end edition capabilities
• The creation of new campaigns from the front-end management menu has been fixed in some cases regarding access rights
• Fixed the newly created option in Seblod content insertion for automatic campaigns
• Fixed the Elementor form integration that was not sending the confirmation email

Bug fixes

• Fixed the spam-test not sending correctly the test email
• Fixed campaign listing not showing all campaigns
• The A/B testing campaigns are no longer shown on the front-end campaigns listing for administrators

Improvements

• When confirming a birthday campaign, you are now redirected to the birthday campaigns listing

Bug fixes

• Fixed an error that send scheduled campaigns several times
• Fixed a PHP error that could occur on the campaign listing

Features

• AB Testing: improve both the open rate and the click rate by sending the best version of your campaign to your subscribers

Improvements

• You can now choose the authentication method for the SMTP sending method
• Embed images and embed attachements are now available for AcyMailing Sending Service
• The cached version of the archive page can now be refreshed before sending a campaign
• The integration with the Brevo SMTP service now handles Brevo webhooks
• Add the "Supers Users" group in the advanced permissions section
• Add the "Administrator" group in the advanced permissions section

Bug fixes

• The custom CSS option in the editor now correctly shows the stored value when re-opening the editor
• Fixed the import into list buttons when importing site users while this import option was not selected by default when loading the page
• For some server configurations the attachments didn't work on campaigns because of backslashes in the upload folder path.
• Fix thumbnail generation when saving templates
• Fixed an error where the email was created multiple times